Québec City environs: Île d’Orléans and Montmorency Falls
On our recent trip to Québec, we managed without a car for several days before picking up a rental car for a » Read more
Travel
Québec City, July 2016
Saturday, July 16, 2016 I think I have known for most of my adult life that I would like Québec City. What’s » Read more
Hamilton-mania: New York, May-June 2016
“What’s your name, man?” “Alexander Hamilton, My name is Alexander Hamilton.” The musical story of the driven “10 dollar founding father” was » Read more
Out & about Kyoto: April 2016 (Part 3)
Thursday, April 7, 2016 April showers bring rivers of flowers. That was our version, waking up on Thursday, April 7, 2016. The » Read more
Fun with family?!
Saturday, May 7, 2016-Sunday, May 15, 2016 Fun with family? An oxymoron? Regular readers of this blog will recognize that our interactions » Read more
Chasing cherry blossoms: Part 2 (Kyoto)
Monday, April 4, 2016 After an overnight recovery stay in Tokyo, we were on to Kyoto, hoping our timing for cherry blossoms » Read more
Chasing cherry blossoms: Part 1 (Tokyo)
Monday, April 4, 2016 In early April, 2016, we were perfectly positioned to partake in that most Japanese of pursuits: hanami, or » Read more
Borrego birthday weekend, March 2016
I celebrated my birthday this year with wild animals in the desert. No, not party animals, and no, I don’t mean my » Read more
Sedona Film Festival 2016
The annual Sedona International Film Festival (SIFF) has become a yearly end of winter highlight for us. Always the last week in » Read more
Seattle: Chihuly’s Boathouse, February 2016
Many threads wove together to bring us to Seattle for a Valentine’s Day weekend trip, starting with a happy accident. Back in » Read more